CDC Media Advisory: CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting

CDC Media Advisory: CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting

CDC Media Advisory: CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 10/21/2013 05:02 PM EDT

CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting

Please Note the Need to RSVP

What

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

When

Wednesday, October 23; 8:00 am - 5:45 pm ET
Thursday, October 24; 8:00 am – 1:00 pm ET

Where

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), Kent “Oz” Nelson Auditorium
For directions to CDC, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/resources/visitGuide.htm#direction

Webstream

If you cannot attend the meeting in person, it will be web streamed. More information can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/webcast-instructions.html

Background

An agenda for the meeting can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/. The agenda will include three votes: considerations for use of meningococcal conjugate vaccine MenACWY-CRM in infants and young toddlers at increased risk for meningococcal disease; the 2014 Child/Adolescent Immunization Schedule; and the 2014 Adult Immunization Schedule. Both the child/adolescent and adult immunization schedules are updated annually. The 2014 adult immunization schedule incorporates changes approved by the ACIP during the 2013 calendar year.

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